Johannes Beerstraten (Dutch, 1622–1666). Skating at Sloten, near Amsterdam. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1911 (11.92) | Beerstraten drew and painted numerous views in Amsterdam and in nearby villages. The paintings usually feature one prominent building in a snow-dusted landscape, with ice skaters and other figures on a frozen waterway in the foreground. #olympics #iceskating